Achievements

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For the other rewards obtained in Steam, see Steam Badges.

Achievements are a feature of Subnautica and Below Zero. There are 17 achievements in the first game and 13 in the second. Achievements that are relatively easy to obtain are listed in green, medium difficulty in yellow, and harder to obtain are listed in red.

If the console is opened and/or Console Commands are used, Achievements will be disabled while in that same play session. To counter this, the game world must be reloaded without the console being opened. In Below Zero, console commands will permanently disable achievements for the save.

You can reset your achievements in the Steam version using the Console Command ResetAchievements. Note that this CANNOT be undone.

Achievements by Game

Subnautica

Getting Your Feet Wet Dive for the very first time How to obtain: The easiest Achievement to earn, one must simply exit Lifepod 5 via the bottom hatch or jump into the water via the top hatch.

Settling in for the Long Haul Build a habitat How to obtain: The player has to construct a Seabase module, which requires the Habitat Builder to build.

Extinction Event Avoided Repair the Aurora's Drive Core How to obtain: The player has to fix the breaches in the Aurora's drive core.

Ancient Technologies Find the Enforcement Platform How to obtain: The player has to reach the Mountain Island and find the Quarantine Enforcement Platform.

Personal Propulsion Construct a Seamoth How to obtain: The player has to build a Seamoth.

Ordered the Prawn Build a Prawn Suit How to obtain: A Prawn Suit must be built in order to obtain this Achievement.

Seaside Living with an Ocean View Find the Degasi habitat on the floating island How to obtain: The player has to discover Degasi Seabase on the Floating Island.

Follow the Degasi Find the Degasi habitat in the jellyshroom cave How to obtain: The player must discover the Degasi Seabase in the Jellyshroom Cave.

Seamonsters Find the Degasi habitat in the deep grand reef How to obtain: The player must find the Degasi Seabase in the Deep Grand Reef and pickup PDAs there.

"Man's Best Friend" Hatch and release a Cuddlefish How to obtain: The player must find one of the scattered Cuddlefish Eggs around the world, Put into alien containment, hatch it, and release it.

40-foot Sub For One Build a cyclops How to obtain: The player must own a Cyclops.

Follow the Lost River Find the Disease Research Facility How to obtain: The player has to discover the Disease Research Facility in the Lost River.

Thermal Activity Find the Thermal Plant How to obtain: The player must discover the Alien Thermal Plant inside the Lava Castle.

Fourteen Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Find the Primary Containment Facility How to obtain: The player must find and enter the Primary Containment Facility in the Lava Lakes.

Optimal Health Cure the infection How to obtain: The player must communicate with the Sea Emperor Leviathan and hatch the Sea Emperor Infants in order to obtain Enzyme 42. The player must complete the entire healing cutscene in order to obtain the achievement.

Leave Only Time Capsules Create and deploy a time capsule How to obtain: A Time Capsule must be constructed and left in the world for another player to discover.

Go Among the Stars Launch the neptune rocket How to obtain: The player must find the blueprint, and construct the Neptune Escape Rocket, and escape from Planet 4546B.

Subnautica: Below Zero

Drop in the Ocean Locate your Drop Pod. How to obtain: The player must locate/enter the Drop Pod in the Twisty Bridges.

Like Riding a Bike Ride a Snowfox. How to obtain: Construct a Snowfox on the Snowfox Hoverpad and ride it.

Truckin' Construct a Seatruck. How to obtain: The player must build a Seatruck.

Spy Pengling Construct a spy pengling. How to obtain: Scan and fabricate a Spy Pengling.

Necessary Repairs Repair the bridge. How to obtain: Repair the bridge in the Glacial Bay using Hydraulic Fluid.

Xenobiology Encounter a sapient alien lifeform. How to obtain: Find Sanctuary Zero and initiate the download sequence in the storage cube's chamber.

Another Survivor Find Marguerit's home. How to obtain: Locate and enter Marguerit Maida's Base.

Pirate Radio Disable Alterra communications. How to obtain: Insert the Test Override Module into the Communications Tower's maintenance port. Then head back down to the tower's terminal and select [Enter Test Mode].

Out of Mind Construct an alien vessel. How to obtain: Construct Al-An's Storage Medium at the Fabricator Base.

Jukebox Hero Install a jukebox. How to obtain: Construct a Jukebox inside a base using the Habitat Builder.

Dressed For The Weather Construct a cold suit. How to obtain: Fabricate and equip all parts of the Cold Suit.

Finding the Cure Use the antidote. How to obtain: Eliminate the Kharaa Pustules on the Frozen Leviathan by using the Kharaa Antidote.

Into the Unknown Leave 4546b. How to obtain: Leave for the Architect planet with Al-An

Using Achievements in the Wiki

To add any of these achievements to an article, use {{:Achievements/[insert name here]|}}. If it is being added to a non-article page and you do not wish to spoiler-protect the achievement, you may remove the vertical bar (|) from the end of the code.